hourvari
French, noun/uʁ.va.ʁi/
hourvari is spelled H-O-U-R-V-A-R-I (8 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written French, the 294,907th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hourvari is a French masculine noun meaning “noise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ruse d’une bête traquée qui met les chiens en défaut en revenant sur ses propres traces”.
What does hourvari mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerarenoise
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ruse d’une bête traquée qui met les chiens en défaut en revenant sur ses propres traces. 2. Cri des chasseurs pour faire revenir les chiens sur leurs premières voies, quand ils sont tombés en défaut. 3. Ton de chasse que l’on sonne pour faire revenir les chiens sur leurs premières voies. 4. Contretemps, difficulté inattendue.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hourvari
- hourvaris plural
- ^((h aspiré))\uʁ.va.ʁi\ singular plural
- ourvari
- hourvary
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hourvari?
- /uʁ.va.ʁi/
- ^((h aspiré))\uʁ.va.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hourvari in French?
hourvari appears about once in every 89 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).